SystemMen - In this article, I will show you how to use wget download a file and save as a filename different?
Wget is a tool that supports downloading files in Linux, which is very light and useful.
Download files with wget
Using wget to download files is quite simple, its syntax is as follows.
$ wget [url]
For example, let’s try downloading a file with the link as follows.
$ wget https://gitlab.com/Danny_Pham/WriteBash.com/raw/master/Install/08-Script_install_rkhunter_on_CentOS_6.sh
And as you see the result in the image above, the downloaded file is named 08-Script_install_rkhunter_on_CentOS_6.sh.
Download a file and save as a different filename
Okey, now we will go to the main problem of the article.
Recommended Reading: How to install rkhunter on CentOS 6
There are times when you want to save the file as another name when you download it to your computer. How to do? Using wget with the -O option will solve this problem.
There are 2 ways to type wget with the -O option.
The first way.
$ wget -O [filename] [URL]
The second way.
$ wget [URL] -O [filename]
In some old Linux operating systems, maybe the second way will not work.
For example, with the above link, you can type the command below.
$ wget https://gitlab.com/Danny_Pham/WriteBash.com/raw/master/Install/08-Script_install_rkhunter_on_CentOS_6.sh -O script.sh
Conclusion
This article is just a small tip, it’s nothing complicated. But sometimes, it is useful for those who have never used wget or just started using Linux.
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